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Black Resistance: Examining the “1st” Free Black Town in the Americas
By Teju Adisa-Farrar When God made mountains He made runaway slaves — Nikki Giovanni, Chasing Utopia We were not supposed to survive. in 2018, AfroPunk published an article about Argentina’s genocide of their Black populations. Unsurprisingly, Argentina is not much different from other countries who have tried to erase their Black populations or their impact […]
Linda Fairstein will always feel justified because there’s no accountability for the violence of white feminism
By Émelyne Museaux White women’s sovereignty has always been inextricably linked to the subjugation and exploitation of Black people. Research shows that 40% of slave owners were white women during US chattel slavery. According to history professor Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, most of these white women inherited slaves from their fathers and retained ownership of them […]
Comic: Men are well aware of why feminism is needed, they just refuse to admit it
by JeCorey Holder
‘Set It Off’ and the Black feminist lessons it still holds for us
This essay contains spoilers for Set It Off, and discusses sexual exploitation and state violence “Women respond to racism. My response to racism is anger. I have lived with that anger, ignoring it, feeding upon it, learning to use it before it laid my visions to waste, for most of my life. Once I […]
Theon never betrayed the Starks: How ‘Game of Thrones’ minimizes forced captivity & slavery
This essay contains spoilers for HBO’s Game of Thrones and mentions rape. We have finally reached the moment when the war between the Night King’s army of the dead and the Westerosi resistance begins, the cataclysmic event to which 8 seasons of one of the most groundbreaking television series have been leading up. Along the […]
Betsy DeVos to roll back school racial discrimination rules enacted by the Obama administration
According to NPR, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is set to eliminate a guidance provided by the Obama administration which was designed to reduce racial discrimination in the disciplinary action taken by schools.
White feminist Paganism and the colonization of Heaven and Earth
By “DJ Ferguson” If you were to listen to “Immigrant Song” by Led Zeppelin—really listen to the words and let their meaning sink in—it becomes clear after a few verses that despite its name the song is not about immigration. It’s about colonialism. We come from the land of the ice and snow From the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu endorses death penalty bill designed specifically for Palestinians
This past Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed a new bill which would allow for the execution of Palestinian prisoners, drawing harsh criticism for further promoting the selective application of punishment in the apartheid state.
In response to Trump administration’s memo define gender to exclude transgender people, organizers, activists say we #WontBeErased
On Sunday morning, the New York Times obtained an unreleased Trump administration draft memo which would define gender as a person’s sex at birth. In response, LGBT activists and organizers are mobilizing to protest the memo’s proposal.
Amazon will pay US employees $15 minimum wage, but what about international workers?
On November 1st, Amazon will begin paying a $15 minimum wage to all part-time and full-time US employees. This change will apply to all Amazon subsidiaries, such as Whole Foods.
A Black feminist pleasure praxis acknowledges and affirms the possibility for Black women’s sexual pleasure
We must do the work to detach Black women’s sexuality from violence and we must start with our foremothers. by Haillee Mason This essay contains discussion of sexual violence. The myth of white supremacist history suggests that sexual pleasure and intimacy that enslaved Black women endured were unable to be detached from violence. While I […]
Black educators and administrators, let’s remember to center and uplift Black children as they return to school
by Maximillian Matthews After arriving on the campus of Elon University in the fall of 2005, I instantly sought out the Black community in an effort to not feel isolated and misunderstood. I knew I would need Black folks in order to thrive at predominantly white institution. My need for kinship led me to Alpha […]